Ticket issuing, recording, and printing machine.



'No. 714,228. Patented Nov. 25, I902.

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WILFRED I. OHMER AND JOSEPH N. KELLY, OF DAYTON, OHIO; SAID KELLYASSIGNOR TO WILFRED I. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

T-lCKET lSSUlNG, RECORDING, AND PRlNTlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iPatent No. 714,228, datedNovember 25, 1902.

Application filed September 21. 1900. Serial No. 30,697. (No model.)

[ all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILFRED I. OHMER and JOSEPH N. KELLY, citizens ofthe United States, residing atDayton, in the county of Montgomery andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTicket Issuing, Recording, and Printing Machines, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the acto companyingdrawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inticket-printing machines.

The general object of this invention is to provide an improvedorganization for printing fares and half-fares or tariffs upon a ticketstrip or roll and for registering such fares and half-fares or tariffs,as also registering the number of tickets issued.

This invention further has reference to a crank movement for operatingthe various mechanisms whereby one turn of such crank will constituteone complete operation of the machine. v

Our invention further relates to indicators and means for throwing suchindicators into indicating position, whereby the fare units a passengeris required to pay, as also the halffare units, will be exhibited tosuch passenger.

Another object of our invention is to provide a device for releasingclock-hands, as also time-printing mechanism from clock-operatingmechanism,\vhereby the clock-hands,

5 as also the time-printing mechanism, may be set to properly indicateand properly print the correct time.

Our invention also relates to details of construction and organizationhereinafter appearing and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference charactersindicate correspondingparts,Figu1-e 1 representsa front elevation ofourinvention complete; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, a rearelevation; Fig. 4:, a front elevation with the casing removed; Fig. 5, arear elevation with the casing removed; Fig.6, a sectional elevation onthe line as as of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 6,a detail perspective of the third cyclometer and means for operating it;Fig. 7, a sectional elevation on the line pg of Fig. 12, with partsremoved; Fig. 8, a similarview to Fig. 7, showing parts removed and theprinting mechanism in a different position; Fig. 9, asectional view onthe line a, a, of Fig. 6 looking downward; Fig. 10, a sectional View onthe line aaof Fig. 6 looking upward; Fig. 11, a side elevation with thecasing removed; Fig. 12, a similar View to Fig. 11, but showing theopposite side; Fig. 13, a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 12; Fig.14, an inverted plan view of what is shown in Fig. 12; Fig. 15, asectional side elevation, the section being taken on theline y y of Fig.16, of a modified form of machine; Fig. 16, an end elevation of thesame, the casing being removed to facilitate illustration; Fig. 17, aplan view of what is shown in Fig. 16; Fig. 18, a plan View of themodified form of machine complete; Fig. 19, a detail enlarged sectionalview on the line b b of Fig. 21 looking in the direction of the arrows,illustrating a portion of What is shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 20, a detailperspective View, with parts broken away, of clock-clutch and means forseparating the clutch members and for holding them separated; Fig. 21,adetail sectional View on theline a a of Fig. 19 look- 8o ing in thedirection of the arrows, and Fig.

22 a detail perspective view of a portion of the full-farepush-barandits connection with the full-fare register.

The letter A represents a suitable casing, and the letter B a crank,which is mounted upon a stud-shaft O, extending through the casing A.This casing is also provided with a hole or opening .D, within which isplaced a clock E. Such clock is carried by a frame 0 structure,hereinafter referred to. A pair of openings F are also provided in thecasing, together with an opening G. Through the openings F appearnumbers which indicate the amount of fares, as also the half-fares, re-5 ceived, such numbers being indicated by a pair of registers H and'I,respectively, of the usual or any approved construction. These registersare also supported by the frame structure, as will hereinafter appear.

Referring now to the interior of the machine, it will be observed thatwithin the eas- IOO ing A is mounted a frame structure composed of sideplates J and K, which 7 are held separated from each other by means ofstuds L or in any other suitable manner. Between these plates is mountedthe printing mechanism, consisting of an inking-roller M and animpression -roller 0, together with the printing characters about to bereferred to. To the under side of the bracket P, which is attached tothe interior of the side plates in any suitable manner, is secured aprintingform Q, (see Fig. 6,) which has engraved or otherwise formedthereon printing characters, such as the word Fare, the number of themachine, A 439, and the words To and From. (See Fig. 10.) Aprinting-roll, indicating the amount of the fare or the number of faresa passenger is required to pay, extends into printing position through aslot or opening R in the form. Immediately to one side of the slot R isformed a circular opening S, into which projects a clock printing-dialT, such dial being provided with hands for indicating the time. Thisclock printing-face is adapted to be impressed upon a paper strip orroll, hereinafter referred to. One end of the form is notched at eachside,

as shown at U. Into these notches project month-printing wheels V, W,and X, respectively, the dating-wheel V bearing the names of the monthsand the dating-wheels X and W the units and tens of the months. Thepaper strip or roll also contacts with these datingwheels, so that they,too, are impressed upon such paper. Adjacent to the words To and From atoneend of the form is mounted a pairof rolls Yand Z, such rolls eachcarrying the names of stations along the route to be traveled and beingindependently rotatable, so that the station from which a traveler isgoing may be quickly turned into printing position, as will hereinafterappear, and the station to which a traveler is going may also be turnedinto printing position. Before entering into a description of the inkingand impression rolls and the manner in which they are operated we.

will first refer to the paper strip or roll. This is clearly shown inFig. 6 at 2, such paper strip being preferably wound about a spool 3 andextending over a roller 4, carried by the side plates above referred to.This paper strip also passes beneath the inking-roll and between a pairof feed-rolls 5 and 6, rotatably mounted in the casing, the feed-roll 6being an elastic roll and the feed-roll 5 a toothed roll, so that thepaper is fed evenly and is maintained in the proper position.

Referring now to the inking-roll and the manner in which such roll actsto ink the printing characters, it will be observed that between a pairof guide-bars 7 and 8, secured to the inner face of each of said sideplates J and K, is mounted a sliding carriage or frame 9, within whichis fitted an inking-roll housing 10 upon a cross-bar 11 in the slidingcarriage or frame. This housing carries the and 8.

inking-roll M. A spring 13, one end of which is coiled about a cross-barin the carriage 9, engages with a projection 14 from the inkingrollhousing 10 and normally acts to hold the inking-roll in contact with theprinting characters above referred to as the carriage travels back andforthwithin the guides beneath such characters in a manner presently toappear. It will be observed that the side plate K is slotted, as shownat 15. Through this slot extends a stud 16 into the sliding frame orcarriage 9. This stud also engages with one end of an operating-lever17, which is pivotally connected with a traveling fulerum-pin 18,projecting through a slot 19. The lower end of the lever 17 is pivotallyconneeted with a link 20, one end of which is held in position by meansof a screw 2l,which is screwed into theside plate K. The pin 18 iscarried by an arm 22, which is pivotally connected with a disk 23,mounted on a stud 24, projecting from the side plate K. This pin alsoextends into a bracket 25, which acts as a support therefor. A gear 26is formed or otherwise secured to theside of the disk 23 and is adaptedto be engaged by a segmentgear 27, such latter gear being mounted on amain operating-shaft 28, which extends through the side plates and hasmounted thereon at one end the operating-crank B and at its other end aratchet-wheel 29. (See Fig. 5 for this ratchet-Wheel.) Upon each side ofthe segmentalgear 27 is mounted a pair of segment-plates 29 and 30.These plates are arranged on the shaft opposite the segmental plate andare fast upon the shaft, so that as the shaft is rotated both thesegment and the segmental plates will be rotated.

Referring again to the disk-plate 23, it will be observed that it is cutout, as shown at 24 in Figs. .6, 7, and 8, so as to fit thesegment-plate 30. This construction prevents the segmentplate fromturning until the toothed segment comes in contact with the gear 26, sothat the gears will properly intermesh with each other. As soon as thesegment-gear 27 contacts with the gear 26 the segment-plate 30 has movedto such a position that the disk-plate 23 may be rotated by thesegment-gear 27. When this takes place, the arm 22 is carried aroundwith the disk-plate 23 and the stud 18 is reciprocated in the slot 19.This carries with it the lever 17, together with the inking-roll frame15. The movement of the lever 17 is sufficient to cause the inking-rollM to travel across the printing characters above described and as samethe position occupied in Fig. 15, such position being the normalposition of the machine. In this position the operating-crank B is inthe position indicated in Figs. 1 and 16, in which position it is lockedfrom further rotation in a manner hereinafter appearing. By unlockingthe leverin a manner also hereinafter appearing the inking-roll may bemade to travel back across the face of the printing characters to theposition occupied in Figs. 7

As soon as this takesplace the impression-roll O, as also theimpression-rollframe structure 31, which is mounted in the guides 32 and33, is vertically elevated until the frame structure contacts orsubstantially contacts with the printing-form above referred to. This isaccomplished by means of a link 34, one end of which is pivoted to adisk 35, while its other end is pivoted to a lever 36, together with apair of segment-lifting plates 37. (See dotted lines in Figs. 7 and 8and full lines in Figs. 6 and 15.) The segment-lifting plates arefixedly mounted upon the main driving-shaft, and as such shaft isrotated they come in contact with the impression-roll frame 31. WVhilethis is taking place, the toothed segment 27 engages with a gear 38,formed on the side ofthe disk 35 or secured thereto in any suitablemanner. As the disk 35 is rotated through the gear 38 the link-pivot 39is carried upward with the rotation of the disk, thereby also elevatingthe lever 36; but inasmuch as this lever has studs 40, which projectinto slots 41 in the impression-roll frame the frame is further assistedin being elevated. Thus the elevation of the lever 36 and the contactingof the segment-lifting plates with the frame structure elevates theimpression-roll frame into contact with the printing-form, as abovestated. A still further movement of the disk-plate 35 acts to move thelever in a forward direction with the pivot 39, so that the impression-roller travels in the slot 41 over the face of the printing characters.By referring to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the paper strip 2 passesbetween the inking-roll housing 42 and the impressionroll and throughthe issuing-rolls 5 and 6, heretofore described. Thus as theimpression-roll moves over the face of the printing characters the paperstrip, being immediately above it, is pressed into contact with suchprinting characters, so that the strip receives such characters thereon.As the strip is issued from the machine by the issuing-rolls the printedportion is torn off and handed to a passenger to constitute a receiptfor his fare or ticket.

Referring again to the disk 35,it will be seen that it is cut out, asshown at 43. (See Fig. 8.) This is for the purpose of fitting upon thesegment-plate 29, so that such disk, as also the gear 38, will be heldfrom rotation in order that the segment 27 may properly mesh with theteeth of the gear 38 as it is brought into contact therewith. Theinstantsuch segment contacts with such gear the segment-plate 29 is rotated tosuch a position that the disk 35 maybe freely rotated by the segment27,thereby acting upon. the lever 36 and impressionroll, as abovedescribed. A link 44 is pivoted at one end to the bracket 25 and at itsother end to the lever 36. This acts to hold the lower end of the leverso that the link 44 will act to shift the roller across the printingcharacters through the movement of the disk 35. As

the disk 35 is still further rotated the pivot 39 travels downward,thereby acting to pull one with the other.

on the lever 36, so that the impression-roll is returned from theposition shown inFig. 8 to the position illustrated in Fig. 6 at thesame time the impression-roll frame is descending in its guides. WVhilethis is taking place the issuing-rolls are being operated by means of atoothed segment 45, fixedly mounted on the main operating-shaft 28outside of the plate K,suchsegmentengaging withagear46. (See Figs. 12and 14.) This gear 46 is connectedwith a segmental plate 47, mountedupon the same stud as the gear 46-namely, the stud 48. Immediatelyinfront of the gear 46 is mounted a gear 49, substantially the same sizeas gear 46. Thesegearsareinterconnected bymeans of a pawl-and-ratchetmechanism 50. The gear 49 engages with a pinion 51, mounted on the lowerissuing-roll shaft 52 for turning such roll -shaft. This roll shaftextends through the machine and has mounted on its opposite end a gear53, (see Fig. 5,) which meshes with a gear 54, carried by the otherissuing-roll shaft 55. As soon as the segment 45 is out of engagementwith the gear 46 the issuing-rolls cease operating. We have stated thatbetween the gear 46 and the gear 49 is mounted a pawl and ratchet forconnecting This pawl and ratchet permits the gear 49 to rotateindependent of the gear 46, so that the issuing-rolls may be rotated byplacing a suitable key upon the squared end X of the roll-shaft 52 inorder that the ticket-strip 2 may be properly placed between the rollsbefore the machine is operated and also without operating any part ofthe machine except the issuing-rolls and their adjuncts. This is ofgreat importance, as it starts the ticket right, and where a paper stripis laid off into different ticket-divisions, as may be the case, eachdivision will be torn off at just the right place after the ticket-stripis properly started in the machine. ables the tickets to be countedautomatically, as will hereinafter appear, so that at the end of a dayor any given period the number of passengers riding on the car may beaccurately determined.

It will be observed that upon the main operating-shaft 28 outside of theframe structure is mounted a ratchet-Wheel 29, which is engaged by apawl 56', normally held in contact therewith by a spring 56. This pawlprevents the backward movement of the main shaft, as also the operatingmechanism which are in any wise connected with said operatingshaft, sothat when the operating-crank is partially operated it cannot return toits zero position without completing its full cycle of operation. Wewill now refer to the means for locking the machine so that it cannot beoperated to print and issue a ticket until after it is unlocked. To theside plate K is pivoted a lever 57, one end of which carries apushbutton 58, while its other end is pivotally connected with a slidingbar 59. This sliding bar has two slots 60 in line with each other, andthrough these slots extend guide-screws This en- 61, such guide-screwsacting to hold the bar in position upon the side of the plate, yet atthe same time permit such bar to be slid back and forth in a straight;line. It will be observed that the outer end of this bar has a pin orroller, as shown at 62. As the bar is slid along by means of the lever57, this roller contacts wit-h a cam-surface 63 at one end of a lever64, such lever being pivoted at 65. The opposite end of the lever 64 isadapted to engage with a'notch 66 in adisk 67, mounted on the shaft 28back of the toothed segment 45. A spring 68 normally presses upon thelever 6a to hold it in engagement with the notch 66. As the push-button58 is operated to slide the bar 59 inward the lever 64 is acted upon bythe roller 62 of the bar to elevate the inner end of the lever from thenotch 66, so that the disk 67 and shaft 0 may rotate. By taking hold ofthe lever B this may be readily accomplished. It will be observed thaton the segment 45 is mounted a stud 68. As the segment is rotated thispin comes in contact with the lower end of a lever 69 and acts to moveoutward the inner end of such lever and at the same time throw the bar59 to its extreme outer limit, since the upper end of lever 69 isconnected with such bar, as shown at 70. This movement of the barreleases the lever 63, so that its inner end may again descend intoengagement with the disk 67 in order that as the notch 66 in the diskcomes under the lever it is again engaged by such lever, thereby lockingthe disk, so that the operating-crank is held from further move mentuntil the disk is again released.

Referring again to the bar 59, it will be observed that it has aninclined slot 71 therein. Into this slot projects a stud 72 from a pawl73, pivotally mounted on the interior of the plate K, the studprojecting through a slotted opening 74 in the plate, as also into theinclined slot 71. As the bar 59 is reciprocated in the manner abovedescribed the pawl is released from engagement with a ratchet 75,mounted on the inner end of a shaft 76, projecting inward from afare-indicator 77. As soon as this occurs a coiled spring 77, coiledabout the shaft 76 back of the fare-indicator, one end of which issecured to the plate and the other end to the indicator in a manner wellknown, acts to rotate such indicator to zero position, so that thecharacter zero may appear through the sight-opening G in the casing.Thus by the one operation of unlocking the machine the'fare-indicator isat the same time returned to zero. When this takes place, afare-printing wheel 78, (see Fig. 6,) which has corresponding charactersto those upon the indicator, is also turned, so that the zero characteris brought into printing position through'the slot or opening R in theprinting-form. This is accomplished by means of a pair of bevel-gears 79and 80, the bevel-gear 79 being on the inner end of the indicator-shaft76, (see Fig. 19,) while the bevel-gear 80 is mounted on a stud 81,projecting from the fare-printing wheel 78.

We will now refer to the means for setting the fare-indicator, as alsothe fare-printing wheel, so that they will respectively indicate andturn into printing position the desired fares. From Figs. 7 and 8particularly it will be observed that the side plate K is slotted fromits upper edge downward, as shown at 82. This is for the purpose ofmounting a push-bar 83 therein, such pushbar being slidable up and downwithin said slot. A spring 84, mounted within a push button or cap 85,normally acts to elevate the push-bar, such spring resting upon the topof the casing. The lower end of the pushbar 83 carries a swinging detent86, which is normally held in contact with the ratchetwheel 75 by meansof a spring 88, such spring beingsecuredtothepush-bar83. Theratchetwheel75 is, as already stated, mounted upon the indicator-shaft 76. Thus bypressing upon the push-button 85 the push-bar 83 de scends and thedetent 86 acts to rotate the ratchet-wheel 75, as also theindicator-shaft 76,since such ratchetis fixedly mounted thereon. Thisturns the fare-indicator one number and at the same time turns thefare-printing wheel one number, so that the first operation ofthepush-button would throw the numeral 1 upon the fare-indicator intoview through the sight-opening G and at the same time would throw thenumeral 1 on the fareprinting wheel into printing position. The detent86 accommodates itself to the movement of the ratchet-wheel 75. It willbe observed that the push-bar 83 also has a lug or projection 88extending from one side thereof. To this projection is pivoted a pawl89. This pawl is adapted to engage with a ratchetwheel 90, mounted on astud-shaft 91, projecting inward from the side plate K. Such stud-shaftalso carries a gear 92, which is fixedly connected with theratchet-wheel 90, so that as the ratchet-wheel is partially rotated thegear 92 will also partially rotate. From Fig. 13 particularly it will beseen that the gear 92 meshes with a pinion 93, mounted on a shaft 94,which is supported in the side plates. The shaft 9% also carries aratchet-wheel 95, with which engages a bell-clapper 96, pivotallymounted on a stud 97. (See Fig. 6.) Upon the sleeve 98 of thebell-clapper is mounted a spring 99, one end of which is secured to theside plate J, and the other end of which is bent at right angles andrests upon the bellclapper, so as to normally hold adetent 100 inengagement with the ratchet-wheel 95. The detent 89 is normally throwninto engagement with the ratchet-wheel 90 when the pushbutton 85 ispressed upon. This rotates the ratchet-Wheel 90, as also the gear-wheel92 and the ratchet 95, thereby giving to the bellclapper a vibratorymovement by reason of the detent projecting from said bell-clapperriding upon the ratchet-wheel 95. v This bellclapper contacts with abell 101, which is carried by the door of the casing, so that when thedoor is closed the bell is in position to be struck by the bell-striker.This bell is best seen inFig. 3. A spring 102, secured to the push-bar93, normally acts to press the pawl 89 into engagement with the ratchet90. From the push-bar 83 extends a pair of studs 103 104, (see Fig. 22,)between which fits a register-crank 105, carried by the register I. Thus as the push-bar 83 is pressed downward the crank of the register iscarried therewith, and

on the return movement of the push-barsuch.

crank is returned therewith, thereby operating the register in a mannerwell known, for every time the push-button is pushed downward andreturns to its normal position the registerlregisters onenumber,and atthe same time the indicator is turned one number, together with thefare-printing wheel. Thus for every number that is indicated and that isthrown into printing position the register is registering a number.

We will now refer to the mechanism for registering and indicatinghalf-fare units, as also for printing such half-fare units. be observedthat on the upper end of a pushbar 107 is mounted a push-button 108,within which is mounted a spring 1.09, which normally presses upon theupper end of the casing to elevate the push-bar 107. (See Fig. 3.) Itwill be observed that the push-bar is slotted, as shown at 110, and fitsover the studs 91 and 111. The lower end of this push-bar is adapted topress upon an arm 112, whichis keyed or otherwise secured to a shaft113, mounted in bearings 114:. To this shaft is also fixedly connected ahalf-fare-printing arm 115,which carries half-fare-printing characters,as shown through the slot R in Fig. 10 at 116. Thus as the push-button108 is pressed downward the push-bar 107 presses the arm 112 downward,and at the same time the half-fare-printing character is also throwninto printing position through the slot or opening R. As soon as thepush-button 108 is returned to its normal position a spring 117 normallyacts to elevate the arm 112, as also the half-fareprinting characters,the latter being withdrawn from printing position. It will be observedthat the push-bar 107 carries a pawl 117, pivotally connected therewith.This pawl engages with the ratchetwheel adjacent to the pawl 89. Aspring 118, one end of which is secured to the pawl by the screw 119,while the other end of which is secured to the push-bar, acts to holdthe pawl in engagement with said ratchetwheel. Thus when the half-farepush-button is depressed the bell-striker will also beactuated in themanner above described. While this is taking place an arm 120, (see Fig.21,) projecting throughaslot or opening 121 in the side plate K, acts,through a link 120, to operate a register 122, so that the next numberin the register will be brought into view. Thus in one of the registersfare units are It will registered, while in the other half-fares areregistered. From Figs. 7 and 8 particularly it will be observed that theside plate K has a right-angle slot 123 therein. To the arm 120 ispivoted an angular bar 121. (See Fig. 19.) This arm carries a stud 125,which projects through the slot 123 and through a slot 126 in ahalf-fare indicator 127. This halffare indicator is pivoted, as shown at128, to the side plate K. The reciprocating bar 59 carries a pin 129,which extends through the horizontal part of the angular slot 123 (seeFigs. 7 and 8) and is adapted to contact with one end of the angular bar124, so as to push the bar to such a position that the stud 25 can risein the vertical portion of the slot 123, it being understood that suchbar is prevented from rising after once being depressed by means of aspring 130, one end of which is secured to the side plate, while theother end acts upon the stud 125 to press it toward the sliding bar 59Whenever the halffare push-button is depressed, thereby holding thehalf-fare-indica-ting character 127 in indicating position. As soon asthe pushbutton 58 is operated to unlock the machine, the pin 129,projecting into the slot 123, contacts with the angular bar, asheretofore stated, and forces the spring 130 downward, thus permittingthe indicator to be elevated, by means of the spring 109, within thepushbutton 108. Thus whenever the half-fare button is depressed thehalf-fare-printing character is thrown into printing position, thehalf-fare is indicated, and at the same time such half-fare isregistered.

\Ve will now refer to the mechanism for indicating the stations fromwhich and to which a traveler is going, as also for printing the properstations from and to which a passenger is going on a ticket. From Figs.1 and 2 it will be observed that upon the upperends of shafts 131 and132 are mounted pointers 133 and 13 1, respectively, which are adaptedto be taken hold of by hand or moved in any other suitable manner. Thesepointers are adapted to point to the names of stations- A K 77 LL 0 77 CD 7 E,J7 are arranged in series near each side of the casing, as shownin Fig. 2. The names ofthese stations are arranged in reverse order toeach other in the two series. Let it be supposed that a passengerboarded the car at station A and that he Wished to travel to station D.The pointer 131 is set to indicate A on the scale, While the pointer 133is set to indicate D on the scale. This movement of the pointers acts torotate the shafts 131 and 132, respectively. On the lower ends of theseshafts are mounted bevel segment-gears 135 and 136, respectively. Thebevel-gear 135 meshes with a bevel-pinion 137, while the bevel-segment136 meshes with a bevel-pinion 138. Each of these bevel-pinions ismounted upon a shaft 139 and 140, carried in suitable bearings. Theopposite ends of each of these shafts are also provided withbevel-pinions 141 and 142, respectively, which engage with bevel-pinions142 and 143, the latter pinions being mounted upon the respectivesleeves 144 and 145, each of which carries a segment-gear 146 and 147.Adjacent to these segment-gears and also mounted upon the same sleevesare carried notched segments 148, which are adapted to be engaged bydetents 149, pivotally connected with the side plates in any suitablemanner, as shown at 149'. A pair of springs 150, also secured to saidside plates, extend through studs 151, projecting inward from thedetents 149. These springs normally act to hold the detents inengagement with the notched segment 148, yet at the same time will yieldto permit the notched segments to be partially rotated by taking hold ofthe pointers above described. The toothed segment 146 engages with agear 152, secured to the station -printing roll Z, carried on a shaft154, supported by the side plates. The segment 147 meshes with a gear154, carried by the station-printing roll Y, also mounted on the shaft154. These printingrolls carry upon their outer periphery printingcharacters representing the stations, the station-printing roll Zprinting the stations to which a passenger is traveling, while thestation-printing roll Y prints the stations from which a passenger istraveling. Thus with our invention the stations from and to which apassenger is traveling may be im-' pressed upon a ticket-strip, it beingunderstood that such station-printing characters extend into the sameprinting-plane as the printing characters on the form.

We will now refer to the time-printing mechanism and the manner in whichthe clock which operates such mechanism may be set independent of thetime-printing mechanism. The clock E above referred to has mounted uponits main spindle E a knurled head E, carrying a bevel-gear E'. Thisbevel-gear meshes with a bevel-pinion 155,

(see Figs. 6, 13, and 14,) mounted on a shaft 156, carried in bearings157 and 158. Adjacent to the bearing 158 and also mounted on said shaftwe provide another bevel gear or pinion 159. This latter gear mesheswith a bevel-gear 160, carried at the upper end of a minute shaft 161,such shaft extending through an hour-shaft 162. A spur-gear 163 on theminute-shaft engages with a spurgear 164 adjacent to said minute-shaft,this latter gear being mounted upon a stud 165. Beneath such latter gearand also mounted on the stud 165 we provide another gear 166 smaller indiameter than the gear 164. This latter gear may be formed with orotherwise secured to the gear 164 and is adapted to mesh with aspur-gear167, mounted on the upper end of the hour-shaft. The lower end of theminute-shaft carries a min ate-printing character 168, while the lowerend of the hourshaft carries a printing character 169, these printingcharacters indicating the time upon the dial S, formed upon theprinting-form, as above described. In order that the clock may be set sothat it will indicate the proper time without disconnecting thebevel-gears E and 155 from each other, whereby the printingtimecharacters will also be set and the clock mechanism will bedisconnected,we provide upon the main clock-shaft E a clutch, one member a of whichis connected with the clock-operating.mechanism, while the other member21 of which is slidably mounted on the shaft and is keyed to said shaft.This latter member is engagedby a spring-arm 170, one end of which isconnnected witha rod 171, which extends into the clock. The outer end ofthis rod carries a knurled head 172. By

pulling outward on the rod the clutch member 17 is released from theclutch member a. This disconnects the shaft E from engagement'with theclock-operating mechanism. Thus by taking hold of the knurled head E thehands of the clock may be set to indicate the proper time, as also theclock printinghands. In order that the clutch members may be heldseparated from each other, it will be observed that a pin 1.73 (see Fig.20) projects through the rod 171. When the rod is pulled out, this pinis pulled out of a notch 174 in a boss 175, extending from the clock.The rod is then given a partial turn, so that the pin is prevented fromreseatingin the slot bymeans of the spring-arm with which the rod isconnected. One end of this spring-arm is rigidly secured to the interiorof the clock, as shown at 176. (See Fig. 17.)

Referringagain to the date-printing wheels, it will be observed thatthey are mounted upon a shaft 177. (See Fig. 6.) These dateprintingwheels may be turned in anysuitable manner to bring the proper datesinto printing position. In the drawings we have illustrated two sleeves,both mounted upon the shaft 177. The outer one of these sleeves isindicated at 178, while the inner sleeve is indicated at 179. The sleeve179 projects from the units-dating wheel X, while the sleeve 178projects from the tens-month-printing wheel W. The month-printing wheelV is fixedly mounted upon the shaft 177. Outside of the plate J and uponthe shaft and respective sleeves are mounted disks 180, 181, and 182,respectively, the disk 180 being mounted upon the shaft 177, while thedisk 181 is mounted upon the sleeve 179 and the disk 1S2 upon the sleeve178. These disks each carry a series of numbers, the smaller disk ordisk 180 carrying numbers from 1 to 12, inclusive, representing thenumber of months in a year, while the disk 181 carries characters from 1to 3, inclusive, these letter characters representing the tens of themonths, while the characters on the disk 180 represent the units of themonths from O to 9,inclusive. At one side of each of these month-datingwheels and fixedly connected therewith are mounted notched wheels 183,each of which is engaged by a pawl 184, normally held in engagement wththe respective notched disks by means of springs 185. These pawls arepivotally supported in any suitable manner, such as shown in Fig. 6.

\Ve will now refer to the mechanism for counting each ticket issued.From the above description it will be understood that for every completerotation of the main operating-shafta ticket is printed and issued. Thusevery time such ticket is issued we provide mechanism for counting it.By referring to Figs. 6, (3, 14, and 16 particularly it will be observedthat within the frame structure, at one end,is mounted a register13 ofthe usual or anyapproved type. Upon the main operating-shaft 187 of thisregister is mounted a lever 188, one end of which is con nected with oneend of a spring 189, while the other end of said spring is connectedwith a hook 100, carried by one of the cross-bars L. As the levers 36,which carry the impression-roll, are operated to rock theimpression-roll across the face of the printing characters they move outof contact with the lever 188, so that the spring 189 acts to rock thelever, as also the register operating shaft 187, it being understoodthat'the lever is fixedly mounted on said shaft. As the impression-rolllevers are returned to their normal position one of them engages withthe lever 188 to rock it in the opposite direction, as also theregister-operating shaft 12. As this takes place the register is movedone number, so that the ticket just issued is registered in theticket'register 186, and such number may be seen through thesight-opening 191. (See Fig.

NVe will now refer to the mechanism for positively forcing theimpression-roll, as also the bell-crank levers 36, which carry theinipression-roll, back to their normal position after theimpression-roll has printed a ticket. From Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 15particularly it will be observed that upon a cross-bar 192, whichconnects the bell-crank levers 36 with each other, is mounted a wheel193. This Wheel is adapted to be engaged by a cam-segment 194, fixedlymounted upon the main operating-shaft O. \Vhen the impression-roller isin the position indicated in Fig. 8, the camsegment 194 is about toengage therewiththat is, it will engage therewith as soon as the maindriving-shaft is slightly farther rotated. This will act to positivelyforce the impression-roller to the position indicated in Figs. 6 and 7ready for the inking-roll frame to move back into normal position.

Referring to the operation of our machine, it will be understood thatthe station pointers or indicators are turned to indicate the stationfrom which a traveler is going and the station to which he is going, soas to bring the proper stations into printing position on thestation-printing rolls. As soon as this is done the machine is unlockedby pressing sidewise on the releasing-button, after which the fare pushbutton or erated-the full-fare one, if the fare for buttons is or areopthe .adapted for distance to be traveled is one fare unit or anymultiple of one and also the half-fare, if more than one fare unit or amultiple of one. By this latter operation such fare units antlhalffarecharacters are broughtinto printing position, as above described,whilesuch fare units and half-fares are indicated on the respectivefare-indicator and half-fare indicator. The operating-crank is thenturned sothat theinking mechanism will ink the printing characters andthe impression mechanism will act to press a portion of the paper stripupon such printing characters, after which the issuingrolls will beactuated through their connection with the main operating-shaft, uponwhich the crank is mounted, so as to issue the printed portion of saidpaper strip from the machine. This printed portion of the paper stripconstitutes a ticket, which is handed to i the passenger and whichcontains the impression of all the printing characters on theprinting-form, including the station-printing characters, to and fromwhich a person is traveling, as also the time printing, dating, andfareprinting characters. Every turn of theoperating-crank is registeredby the register 13', and inasmuch as the operating-crank makes but onerevolution for every ticket issued the register registers the number ofticketsissued, so that upon looking at this register the numberofpassengers traveling on a car in any given length of time may bequickly ascertained.

\Vhile our machine is designed for use particularly as a ticket-machine,still the general organization may be employed for a variety ofuses-such, for instance, as a bill-of-fareprinting machine for use inhotels and restaurants, &c.by simply placing upon the station-printingrolls the proper printed matter for a bill of fare, one roll containingone list of articles and another another list for as many lists asdesired, since it is obvious that more than two rolls may be mounted onthe station-printing roll shaft, if desired.

Referring to a modification of our machine, it will be observed fromFigs. 15 to 18, inclusive, that we have discarded all push-buttons andfare-indicators, as will hereinafter appear. This modified form isparticularly use in connection with issuing receipts, the, for moneyreceived. Upon the upper end of the casing, as shown in Fig. 18, aremounted three scales, as shown at c, d, and e. The scale 0 containsnumerals 5, ,77 4 5,7, 4 ,1 C, p to z 17 and ,77 meaning live cents, tencents, fifteen cents, twenty cents, &c., to fifty cents and one dollar,while the scale 6 contains numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, &c., and up to 9,meaning one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, &c., andnine dollars. The scale (1 bears numerals 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 850., upto 100, meaning ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, fortydollars, &c., and one hundred dollars. A pointer f is adapted to pointto the figures on the scale LOO c. This pointer is mounted on the upperend of a shaft g, which extends through the easing and carries at itslower end a bevel-gear h, which meshes with a bevel-gearz', mounted onthe shaftj, such latter shaft carryinga gear is, which engages With agear Z, the latter of which is carried by a shaft m, upon which ismountedabevel-gear0,such bevel-gearmeshing with another bevel-gear 19,carried by a cent-printing wheel q. This latter Wheel .is the same asthe fare-printingwheelin the preferred form, with the exception that thenum bers increase by five instead of one. Let it be supposed that themodified form is to be used for printing receipts in a restaurant andthat some one has handed the clerk twenty-five cents.Theclerkimmediatelytakesholdofthe pointerf or operates it in any othersuitable manner and turns itso that it indicates 25. This movementrotates the printing-wheel q so thatthe numeral 25 comes into printingposition. Thus as the paper strip is printed in the manner heretoforedescribed a receipt for twenty-fivecentswillbegiven. Whilethisis takingplace a gear 1", fixedly mounted on the shaft 8, is rotated by the gear70, together with the shaft 8. On the outer end of this shaft is mountedabevel-gear If, which meshes with a bevel-gear it, carried by a shaft1;, projecting from a register to of the usual or any approved type.This register is operated through the bevel-gearu until 25 isregistered, the gears just described having the proper relation to eachother, so that as the pointerfis pointed to anyparticular number thatnumberis brought into printing position and at the same time isregistered by the register to. In this modified form the lever 188 isdiscarded, the gear 11 taking its place, and instead of registering thenumber of receipts issued it registers the charges to any particularcustomer.

Referring now to the dollar-scale d, it will be observed that a pointerac, mounted on a shaft y, is adapted to indicate dollars on the scalefrom l to 9, inclusive. As this pointer is moved to indicate anyparticular numbersay the number 5 the shaft yis rotated, as also thesegment-gear a, mounted on the lower end of said shaft. This latter gearmeshes with a bevel-gear I), carried at one end of a rotatable shaft 0,which is mounted in suitable bearings cl. The opposite end of this shaftalso carries a bevel-gear e, which meshes with a bevel-gearf,carried bya sleeve g, mounted upon ashaft IL. The sleeve 9 also carries a gear11', which meshes with a pinion 7", mounted on a stud 71;. This latterpinion carries a bevel-gear l, which meshes with a similar gear m,mounted on one end of a shaft 0. Upon the opposite end of this shaft ismounted another bevel-gear p, meshing with a similar gear q, carried atthe inner end of a shaft r, which extends through the side plate K. Theshaft r also carries a bevelgear at its outer end 8, meshing with asimilar gear 15' on a register-shaft u. The relation between theseseveral gears is such that when the indicator or pointer X is pointingto any figure the register-shaft has been operated so that that numberis registered. Inasmuch as the pointer X points to dollars merely,register 2) registers dollars one if the indicator is pointing to thenumeral 1 on the scale and nine if the indicator is pointing to thenumeral 9 on the scale. In order to register money of largerdenomination and also to print a receipt for larger sums, the scale 2runs from 10 to 100 by additions of ten. Should the pointer w, mountedon the shaft 33, be turned so as to indicate the numeral 10, the shaftis partially rotated, since the pointer is fast thereon. This movementof the shaft rotates the segment y, carried at the lower end of saidshaft. Such segment engages with a bevel-gear a", mounted on a shaft 2,which also carries a bevel-gear 3, which meshes with a bevel-gear 4,carried by a sleeve 5. This sleeve extends through the side plate J andcarries at its outer end a bevel-gear 6, which meshes with a similargear 7, carried at the upper end of the shaft 8. This shaft is mountedin suitable bearings 9, secured to the side plate J. Upon the lower endof this shaft is mounted a bevel-gear 10', which meshes with abevel-gear 11, carried by a register-shaft 12, which operates a register13'. The relation between these several gears is such that as thepointer 00 is turned.

to indicate the numeral 10 the register registers such numeral. Thesleeve 5 also carries a gear 14, which meshes with a gear 15, carried bya printing-roll 16. This printingroll carries printing charactersrepresenting dollars from ten to one hundred in denominations tocorrespond with the numerals on the scale e.' The relation of the gears14. and 15 to each other is such that when the indicator to is turned toindicate any particular number the printing-roll 16 will be turned tosuch a position that the numeral indicated will be in printing position.

Referring again to the gear-wheel Z, it will be observed from Figs. 15and 16 particularly .that it enga es with a "ear 17 mounted on the endof a printing-roll 18, the relation between the two gears being suchthat as the indicator w is turned to indicate any numeral acorresponding numeral on the printing-roll 18 will be thrown intoprinting position. Thus with this organization we are enabled to printupon a ticket strip or roll the amount of money received from acustomer, so that as the ticket-strip is issued from the machine bymeans of the issuingrolls 5 and 6 it will have stamped thereon theamount of money received, thus constituting a receipt. The time-printingmechanism and the means for operating it being the same in this modifiedform as in the form previously described a further description of thesame will be unnecessary.

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We make no claim in the present application to the particular printingmechanism as such herein set forth.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, ofprinting characters supported thereby, means for inking said printingcharacters, a spool for supporting and delivering a ticket strip orroll, means for impressing said strip upon said printing characters,means for feeding forward said paper strip after printing, hand-operatedactuating mechanism for the inking, impression and feeding devices, andan independent locking device for automatically locking saidhandoperated actuating mechanism after each complete movement thereof,substantially as described.

2. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, ofprinting mechanism supported thereby, an inking-roll for inking saidprinting mechanism, an impressionroll, a spool for holding anddelivering a ticket strip or roll, feeding mechanism for said strip, ahand-operated actuating device, and means connected with said device forfirst operating the inking-roll while the impression-roll is stationaryand then operating the impressionroll while the inking-roll isstationary, substantially as described.

3. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, ofprinting mechanismmounted therein and comprising fareprintingcharacters, a fare-indicator, means for interconnecting saidfare-indicator and said fare-printing mechanism, means for operatingsaid fare-indicator and fare-printing mechanism simultaneously, meansfor inking said printing mechanism, means for supporting and deliveringa ticket-strip, means for ,impressing said ticket-strip upon saidprinting mechanism after the latter is inked, an operating-crank, andmeans connecting said crank with said inking mechanism and with saidimpression means for operating said inking mechanism at one time andsaid printing means at another time, substantially as described.

4. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, of aprinting-form mounted therein, a fare-printing wheel extending throughsaid form with its characters in printing position, a fare-indicator,means for connecting said indicator with said fareprinting wheel and forsimultaneously operating both indicator and wheel,means for inking saidprinting-form, means for supporting and delivering a ticket strip,impression means for impressing said strip against the form, anoperating-shaft, means connecting said shaft with said inking andimpression means for successively operating them,means for locking saidshaft upon making a complete rotation, and other means for unlockingsaid shaft and for simultaneously returning said fare-indicator andfare-printing wheel to zero position before another operation of saidshaft, substantially as described.

5. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, of aprinting-form mounted therein, a fare-printing wheel projecting intoprinting position with said form, a fare-indicator, means forsimultaneously operating said fare-indicator and said fareprinting wheelto indicate the proper fare and to turn the printing character thereofinto printing position, an operating-shaft, a segment-gear connectedtherewith, inking mechanism adapted to be engaged by said segment,impression mechanism also adapted to be engaged by said segment, one atone time and the other at another time, whereby the inking means willfirst ink said printing characters and said impression means willsubsequently act to impress a ticket-strip upon said characters, meansfor automatically locking said operating-shaft after each jointoperation of the inking and impression means, and means to issue theprinted portion of said ticket-strip before said operating-shaft islocked, substantially as described.

6. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, of aprinting-form mounted therein and carrying printing characters, a fareprinting wheel extending through said form into printing position, afare-indicator, means for simultaneously operating said fare-printingwheel and fare-indieator, inking and impression means, anoperating-shaft, a gear-segment and a lockingdisk connected therewith,means for connecting said inking means with said gear-segment, means forconnecting said impression means with said gear-segment, said inkingmeans being connected at one time and said impression means at anothertime, means for supporting and delivering a ticket-strip, issuing-rollsfor feeding forward said strip, means for connecting said issuing-rollswith said gear-segment, whereby, when the impression means release theticket-strip, said issuing-rolls will issue the printed portion of saidstrip, locking means for engaging with said looking-disk, means forlocking said fare-indicator and said fare-printing wheel in indicatingand printing position, and releasing means for simultaneously freeingsaid fare-indicator and said locking-disk, whereby the saidfareindicator and fare-printing wheel will be returned to zero positionand the operatingshaft will be subsequently operated, substantially asdescribed.

'7. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a supporting-frame, of aprinting-form carried thereby, a fare-printing wheel extending throughsaid form into printing position, a fare-indicator, means forinterconnecting said fare-indicator and said fare-printing wheel,whereby when one is operated the other is likewise operated, means foroperat-:

ing them into indicating and printing position, means for returning themto theirinitial rib or zero position, means for holding said indicatorand wheel in indicating and printing position, an operating-shaft, aninking-roll, a gear-segment and locking-disk on said operating-shaft,means for connecting said gearsegment and inking-roll with each otherfor operating said inking-roll across the printingform, animpression-roll, means for connecting said gear-segment with saidimpressionroll, whereby said impression-roll is caused to press aticket-strip against the printingform, issuing-rolls for feeding forwardsaid ticket-stri p, mechanism connecting said gearsegment with saidissuing-rolls, whereby, after said inking and impression rolls have beenoperated, said issuing-rolls are operated to feed forward the printedportion of the ticket-strip, means for locking said lockingdisk, asliding bar, and means for operating said bar to release thefare-indicator-locking means and for also releasing the disk-lockingmeans, substantially as described.

8. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, of aprinting-form carried thereby, a station-printing roll and afare-printing wheel, a fare-indicator, means for interconnecting saidfare-indicator and said fare-printing wheel, a push-bar for operatingsaid indicator and wheel into,indicating and printing positionrespectively, a register, means for connecting said push-bar with saidregister, whereby, when said indicator indicates a fare-number, saidregister registers such number, a locking-pawl for holding saidindicator and fare-printing wheel in indicating and printing position,inking means, means for delivering and feeding a ticketstrip, impressionmeans for impressing said strip against the form, means for successivelyoperating said inking and impression means and said strip-feeding means,and means for releasing said locking-pawl after a ticket is printed,whereby said fare-indicator and said fare-printing wheel may be returnedto zero position, substantially as described.

9. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a frame structure, of aprinting-form, and dating-wheels, a fare-printing wheel andstation-printing rolls cooperating therewith, means for rotating each ofsaid station-printing rolls, whereby the station from which and that towhich a passenger is traveling may be turned into printing position,means for operating the fare-printing wheel into printing position andfor locking the same in such position, an inking-roll, means for movingsaid roll across the forn1,animpression-ro1l, means for moving saidimpression-roll across the form after the inking-roll is withdrawn, andmeans for releasing said fare-printing wheel and returning it to zeroposition, substantially as described.

10. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a casing, of a framestructure mounted therein, a printing-form carried by said framestructure, station printing rolls rotatably mounted in said framestructure, means extending through said casing and engaging with saidstation-printing rolls for setting them, means for holding said rolls inset position, a fare-printing wheel extending through said form intoprinting position, a fare-indicator, means for interconnecting saidindicator and fare-printing wheel, a push-bar, means for connecting saidpush-bar with said indicator and fare-printing wheel, whereby saidindicator and wheel are turned into printing and indicating position, apawl for bolding said indicator and fare-printing wheel in the positionto which they are moved, inking means, impression means for impressing aticket-strip against the form, and means for .issuing the printedportion of said strip from the machine, substantially as described.

11. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a casing havinga framestructure mounted therein, of a printing-form carried by said framestructure and provided with printing characters, a fare-printing wheelprojecting throu h said form into printing position, a plurality ofstation-printing rolls located adjacent to said form and also projectinginto printing position, knurled heads connected with saidstation-printing rolls for operating them from the outside of saidcasing, a fare- -indicator, a shaft extending from said fareindicatorand provided with a ratchet-wheel and a bevel-pinion, a second shaftextending from said fare-printing wheel and provided with a bevel-pinionto mesh with that on the indicator-shaft, a push-bar extending throughthe easing into the frame structure and provided with a pivoted dog toengage the ratchetwheel on the indicator-shaft, whereby the indicatorand fare-printing wheel may be simultaneously operated, a detent-pawlengaging said ratchet-wheel to prevent downward rotation thereof, meansfor releasing said dotent-pawl, means for returning said indicator andfareprinting wheel to zero when said pawl is released, and inking andimpression means, substantially as described.

12. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a casing havingindicating characters arranged in series on the exterior thereof, of aframe structure mounted in said casing, printing mechanism mounted insaid frame structure, a pair of pointer-shafts operatively connectedwith said printing mechanism and provided with external pointerscooperating with the series of indicating characters, the portions ofsaid printing mechanism connected with said pointer-shafts beingprovided with characters corresponding to those of the external series,inking and impression mechanism for impressing a ticket-strip againstsaid printing mechanism, and means for issuing the printed portionofsaid strip from said machine, substantially as described.

13. In a ticket-machine, the combination, with a casing, of a framestructure mounted therein and provided with a printing-form andstation-printing rolls, pointer-shafts extending through the casing andprovided with

